Christ Trump saying that justices on the Supreme Court have been swayed by foreign interests
Ye gods
Trump makes it very hard to stand up to him: you will get assailed by him, and by his supporters in the media. You may well be subjected to threats of violence.
Like @Cyclefree identified in her header, it just becomes easier to put your head down.
Mike Bird: The drama and disagreement around the tariff decision makes me think the US should consider actually having a third branch of government to balance out these clashes between executive and the judiciary.
Ranjit Singh: Maybe even split that 3rd branch into 2 separate houses with varying terms to balance out passions with temperance?
I suspect that the chances of Trump launching military action against Iran have significantly increased.
There's a silver lining to every cloud and if Trump can overthrow the Mullahs then at least some good will have happened from his awful time in office.
Which country's army would you expect to march into Tehran?
I suspect that the chances of Trump launching military action against Iran have significantly increased.
There's a silver lining to every cloud and if Trump can overthrow the Mullahs then at least some good will have happened from his awful time in office.
Which country's army would you expect to march into Tehran?
History suggests two likely origins - Byzantium or Rome.
(For Byzantium's last crack at this one, see James Howard-Johnston's recent masterpiece of historical reconstruction: The Last Great War of Antiquity.)
Does anyone know anything useful about greyhound racing? Or more helpfully, know a good resource (e.g. book) for me to edumicate meself? Entertaining rather than dry preferred.
Remember, we're not supposed to call out anything that sounds nuts because he won the election so it's popular, and/or it is not meant to be taken literally, except when it is and we should listen to him.
@JenniferJJacobs Trump: "Today, I will sign an order to impose a 10% global tariff under Section 122 over and above our normal tariffs already being charged, and we're also initiating several section 301, and other investigations to protect our country from unfair trading practices of other countries and companies."
That was no doubt a factor, Turbo, and I strongly suspect that back in pre-Horizon days a lot of pilfering went on. The Post Offices were pre-eminenty cash businesses and may well have been a soft touch for dishonest owners. The PO management clearly believed this, and when Horizon was introduced their reaction would have been a perfectly understandable 'gotcha'.
That however was only one factor in a perfect storm of misapprehensions and misdeeds contributing to this appalling scandal.
There were people at the time who warned that Horizon was not fit for purpose. And note that the previous system - Capture - is now being shown to be flawed and a number of prosecutions made using its material are being challenged.
It's at a time like this you wonder just how close Trump has got to doing something nuts like invading Greenland. I know that people like to justify this stuff in retrospect when he backs down - "he was just trolling the liberals" - but watching this it's hard to shake the sense he might actually go for it. He did Maduro.
Trump sounds like he’s threatening not just to use alternative legal bases for his existing tariffs but to use IEEPA to full on cut off countries and foreign businesses abilities to trade with the US
Trump sounds like he’s threatening not just to use alternative legal bases for his existing tariffs but to use IEEPA to full on cut off countries and foreign businesses abilities to trade with the US
Maybe he'll threaten us with a national security trade embargo if we don't give permission to use Diego Garcia.
It's at a time like this you wonder just how close Trump has got to doing something nuts like invading Greenland. I know that people like to justify this stuff in retrospect when he backs down - "he was just trolling the liberals" - but watching this it's hard to shake the sense he might actually go for it. He did Maduro.
In his first term there were several people around him who thought that Trump was itching to use a nuclear weapon. I'm sure that still applies. If something on the scale of 9/11 happened he would go bezerk, and we'd be praying that Vance, Hegseth, Rubio and the Cabinet could stop him some how.
The decision is "deeply disappointing and i'm ashamed of certain members of the court -- absolutely ashamed -- of not having the courage to do what's right for our country."
Indeed.
Thomas, Alito and the other twat are scum who will never do what's right for the US.
I wonder if Starmer's calculated if the dick can't tariff me he can feck off if he thinks he's using our Air fields.
Tariffs were he's weapon
Without them he's neutered.
UK has played a blinder on tariffs, might just be about to turn diplomacy on him rather than defence mode.
Trump can retaliate by hitting Starmer where it hurts:
"If you think you can give away British territory, think again."
Starmer is following the Tory plans on Chagos.
He didn't want to throw away 12 rounds of negotiations.
Chagos has no military significance for the UK
It has massive significance for America, India, China.
He should sell to the highest bidder.
If you have something that is worthless to UK defence
Sell it
What military use is it to specifically the UK?
The Chagos isn't British territory.
So we have no right to tell the US not to use it to bomb Iran?
I understand it's all 'transactional' now. Everything is about 'making deals'.
So what is the US offering?
Like all mafia bosses they are offering not to break our legs and to protect us from the other mafia bosses if we make it worth their while.
You didn't think a deal was going to be made on the basis of a level playing field now did you?
And the other key feature - any agreement can be ditched at any time for any reason or for no reason by Donald Trump.
He just likes saying 'make a deal' because it plays into the 'tough business shrewdie' brand he's somehow got established.
In that sense Chagos plays a helpful role for Starmer this parliament:
1) Trump thinks Starmer cares deeply about the Chagos deal and that scuppering it is some big stick to hurt him with. 2) I doubt Starmer cares much about it, is just following "the rules" as he sees them 3) Apart from a minority on the right, most of the public doesn't give a shit about an island they can't name or locate on a map that just hosts a US base and not much else
If that can be the point that Trump uses to 'punish' Starmer over unrelated matters for the next 3 years, rather than something more consequential, that is actually quite helpful.
@ericadyork @TaxFoundation estimates a 10% Section 122 tariff on the same goods currently subject to IEEPA tariffs would raise $36 billion in direct tariff payments ($27 billion in net revenue) over 150 days, at which point the tariff would require Congressional approval to continue.
@ericadyork @TaxFoundation estimates a 10% Section 122 tariff on the same goods currently subject to IEEPA tariffs would raise $36 billion in direct tariff payments ($27 billion in net revenue) over 150 days, at which point the tariff would require Congressional approval to continue.
Trumps tariffs currently raise $25-30bn per month.
Trump says he will impose a 10% global tariff under Section 122
* Section 122 has never been used before * The tariffs are capped at 15% * Can only be imposed for up to 150 days. Congressional approval is required to keep the duties in place for longer.
It's at a time like this you wonder just how close Trump has got to doing something nuts like invading Greenland. I know that people like to justify this stuff in retrospect when he backs down - "he was just trolling the liberals" - but watching this it's hard to shake the sense he might actually go for it. He did Maduro.
It's at a time like this you wonder just how close Trump has got to doing something nuts like invading Greenland. I know that people like to justify this stuff in retrospect when he backs down - "he was just trolling the liberals" - but watching this it's hard to shake the sense he might actually go for it. He did Maduro.
Trump says he will impose a 10% global tariff under Section 122
* Section 122 has never been used before * The tariffs are capped at 15% * Can only be imposed for up to 150 days. Congressional approval is required to keep the duties in place for longer.
Perfect, gives them all a reason not to do anything for at least 150 days.
“I’m allowed to destroy the country,” says the actual president of the United States in an actual press conference because nothing matters anymore
Trump is not the problem. It’s the fact that nobody is stopping him. The Republicans mainly, and their glorious constitution?
Comedy fucking gold.
(Apart from the billions of deaths if they manage to push climate change through. )
They need to go for a long walk to sort out their constitutional problems.
In the case of several of them, preferably off a cliff.
Seriously, if this isn't a sign to even the stupidest American that they finally need to hold that Convention Madison envisaged every 25-30 years to sort it out properly, they're fucked.
And judging by recent pronouncements from Marjorie Taylor Greene it isn't so they are,
@ericadyork @TaxFoundation estimates a 10% Section 122 tariff on the same goods currently subject to IEEPA tariffs would raise $36 billion in direct tariff payments ($27 billion in net revenue) over 150 days, at which point the tariff would require Congressional approval to continue.
Trumps tariffs currently raise $25-30bn per month.
"It's not about the money, it's about sending a message: Everything burns!"
@ericadyork @TaxFoundation estimates a 10% Section 122 tariff on the same goods currently subject to IEEPA tariffs would raise $36 billion in direct tariff payments ($27 billion in net revenue) over 150 days, at which point the tariff would require Congressional approval to continue.
Trumps tariffs currently raise $25-30bn per month.
How much to go to the Board of Trump, I mean, Peace?
AMB A rogue Kennel operator A bit on Trump A 15 year old girl and a 17 year old boy both white BTW poisoned by Carbon Monoxide in a caravan Olympic Games
We'll see where the next poor figures figure shall we?
Seems to be rather a lot of undecideds in this new poll, certainly more than the FON poll, which enables the Greens to lead. Though yes the more the divide between Labour and Green on the left the easier for Reform to win
AMB A rogue Kennel operator A bit on Trump A 15 year old girl and a 17 year old boy both white BTW poisoned by Carbon Monoxide in a caravan Olympic Games
We'll see where the next poor figures figure shall we?
King Charles visited a Ward which was marked 'serious mental disturbance.' It was divided into three rooms.
In the first one Charles visited, he saw a man wearing a badger on his head. Rather puzzled, he asked, 'why are you here? Why are you wearing that badger?'
'I'm Davy Crockett' came the reply, 'but they were out of raccoon skins.'
'Are you ever going to get out?' asked Charles.
'Oh yes,' said the man, 'and then I'm going to conquer Texas.'
Charles went out, puzzled at what he had seen. He walked into the room. There was a man wearing a baseball cap and wave in a baseball bat.
'Who are you and what are you doing here?' asked Charles.
'I'm Babe Ruth,' came the reply. 'I need to hit a homerun and then I'm out of here!'
Charles walked out, musing on these two poor disturbed souls. In the next room, there was a very fat man, stark naked, balancing cashews on top of something that looked remarkably like a mushroom. His orange hair seemed vaguely familiar to Charles.
'Who are you? And what are you doing here?' He asked.
The man looked at him. 'I'm totally fucking nuts so I'm never going to be getting out of here!'
@ericadyork @TaxFoundation estimates a 10% Section 122 tariff on the same goods currently subject to IEEPA tariffs would raise $36 billion in direct tariff payments ($27 billion in net revenue) over 150 days, at which point the tariff would require Congressional approval to continue.
Trumps tariffs currently raise $25-30bn per month.
How much to go to the Board of Trump, I mean, Peace?
President Trump says the Supreme Court justices who ruled again this tariffs are still invited to the State of the Union Tuesday “but barely” and he could not care less if they attended.
President Trump says the Supreme Court justices who ruled again this tariffs are still invited to the State of the Union Tuesday “but barely” and he could not care less if they attended.
He's so goddamn fragile, why do people think he's tough?
I get he has achieved remarkable dominance over the GOP and winning two elections is not an accomplishment you can achieve solely by the awfulness of particular opposition, but he gets so offended and outraged all the time.
The significant thing about the poll in the header, regardless of its accuracy, is that it gives the Greens the ammunition to spend the next week sending out a simple message: Don't want Goodwin/Reform? Vote Green, not Labour.
President Trump says the Supreme Court justices who ruled again this tariffs are still invited to the State of the Union Tuesday “but barely” and he could not care less if they attended.
He's so goddamn fragile, why do people think he's tough?
I get he has achieved remarkable dominance over the GOP and winning two elections is not an accomplishment you can achieve solely by the awfulness of particular opposition, but he gets so offended and outraged all the time.
He (literally) has armies of people who would kill for him
AMB A rogue Kennel operator A bit on Trump A 15 year old girl and a 17 year old boy both white BTW poisoned by Carbon Monoxide in a caravan Olympic Games
We'll see where the next poor figures figure shall we?
Just wait. Starmer is round to.u turn again.is it 13 or 14 times?
When asked why he wouldn't work with Congress: "I don't have to. I have the right to do tariffs."
He cannot cope with reality, and he's disconnecting from it so comprehensively that even a room of journalists are seeing it.
It's not that out of keeping with his longstanding view that seems to suggest he thinks Presidents have total authority to do anything they want, and no one else should be able to hold them back, which you'd think would be more contentious in the land of checks and balances, but is at least not really an indication he is devolving, since he already thought that way.
That he is correct he can commit any crime he wants in office is depressing though.
Seems to be rather a lot of undecideds in this new poll, certainly more than the FON poll, which enables the Greens to lead. Though yes the more the divide between Labour and Green on the left the easier for Reform to win
Undecided between the sofa and the polling station.
"Later, of Justice Gorsuch and Barrett, he said: “I think it’s an embarrassment to their families, the two of them.”
The comments were revealing about how Mr. Trump views Supreme Court justices, not as independent legal thinkers appointed for their expertise or as a constitutional check on his administration, but as appointees who should be loyal to him."
NY Times live blog
Bringing their families into this discussion. Literally nothing to do with them. Just plain nasty.
It brings me no joy to say this but given the presidents shocking announcement that the Supreme Court is compromised by foreign interests, the next president will have no choice but to replace all 9 members with new justices who have no foreign entanglements.
"Later, of Justice Gorsuch and Barrett, he said: “I think it’s an embarrassment to their families, the two of them.”
The comments were revealing about how Mr. Trump views Supreme Court justices, not as independent legal thinkers appointed for their expertise or as a constitutional check on his administration, but as appointees who should be loyal to him."
NY Times live blog
Bringing their families into this discussion. Literally nothing to do with them. Just plain nasty.
Most of the judges he has appointed have not regarded that as requiring personal loyalty (other than Judge Cannon), but he's been clear from the start it's what he expected.
AMB A rogue Kennel operator A bit on Trump A 15 year old girl and a 17 year old boy both white BTW poisoned by Carbon Monoxide in a caravan Olympic Games
We'll see where the next poor figures figure shall we?
The ethnicity of the two children who lost their lives is relevant how ?
They also covered the racist murder of a man in Wales and a farmer who had stuff fly tipped on his land.
It’s not like the old days where New Labour SPADs would demand what news ran.
ITN news is always worth watching if Becky is doing the weather.
Trump says he will impose a 10% global tariff under Section 122
* Section 122 has never been used before * The tariffs are capped at 15% * Can only be imposed for up to 150 days. Congressional approval is required to keep the duties in place for longer.
AMB A rogue Kennel operator A bit on Trump A 15 year old girl and a 17 year old boy both white BTW poisoned by Carbon Monoxide in a caravan Olympic Games
We'll see where the next poor figures figure shall we?
You should try being an SNP supporter listening to BBC Scotland and STV.
I wonder if Starmer's calculated if the dick can't tariff me he can feck off if he thinks he's using our Air fields.
Tariffs were he's weapon
Without them he's neutered.
UK has played a blinder on tariffs, might just be about to turn diplomacy on him rather than defence mode.
Trump can retaliate by hitting Starmer where it hurts:
"If you think you can give away British territory, think again."
Starmer is following the Tory plans on Chagos.
He didn't want to throw away 12 rounds of negotiations.
Chagos has no military significance for the UK
It has massive significance for America, India, China.
He should sell to the highest bidder.
If you have something that is worthless to UK defence
Sell it
What military use is it to specifically the UK?
The Chagos isn't British territory.
We should walk away then
Useless to us
While we're at it
Lease the Malvinas to the Argies with a deal on a 50% share on mineral and oil rights.
Another useless money put on our debit sheet
Next Gibraltar
Shut the little Englanders up.
What use is Gibraltar to us?
Typical Labour - it's all about annoying the right people, isn't it?
What is the benefit of Gibraltar
What is the benefit of Sunderland?
It forms part of the buffer zone keeping us safe from Scotland/keeping the rest of England away to keep Scotland safe.
How it’s on the coast and the A19 a road you would only take if both the A1 and M6 were closed (it’s blooming awful and still has farms directly accessing it).
18-24: Green 40%, Ref 7%, Lab 18%, DK 2O% 25-34: Green 34%, Ref 17%, Lab 18%, DK 15% 35-44: Green 23%, Ref 9%, Lab 17%, DK 37% 45-54: Green 24%, Ref 22%, Lab 15%, DK 36% 55-64: Green 15%, Ref 30%, Lab 17%, DK 37% 65-74: Green 6%, Ref 36%, Lab 17%, DK 37% 75+: Green 4%, Ref 22%, Lab 28%, DK 43%
Makes me wonder if Greens are vulnerable to differential turnout as they are low with 65+ who are most likely to turn up
So Reform win most voters over 50 pretty comfortably, Labour a strong second with pensioners and ahead with over 75s and the Greens under 10% with pensioners in Gorton and Denton.
The Greens do have a big lead with under 35s and are narrowly ahead with 35-54s but on a cold day and night, maybe wet too in February and dark after 5pm who will be most likely to have been at the polling station bright and early or sent a postal vote? Pensioners and over 50s not students, if they bother to get out of bed or their room and not younger middle aged parents at work in the day and with children to deal with in the evening
I wonder if Starmer's calculated if the dick can't tariff me he can feck off if he thinks he's using our Air fields.
Tariffs were he's weapon
Without them he's neutered.
UK has played a blinder on tariffs, might just be about to turn diplomacy on him rather than defence mode.
Trump can retaliate by hitting Starmer where it hurts:
"If you think you can give away British territory, think again."
Starmer is following the Tory plans on Chagos.
He didn't want to throw away 12 rounds of negotiations.
Chagos has no military significance for the UK
It has massive significance for America, India, China.
He should sell to the highest bidder.
If you have something that is worthless to UK defence
Sell it
What military use is it to specifically the UK?
The Chagos isn't British territory.
We should walk away then
Useless to us
While we're at it
Lease the Malvinas to the Argies with a deal on a 50% share on mineral and oil rights.
Another useless money put on our debit sheet
Next Gibraltar
Shut the little Englanders up.
What use is Gibraltar to us?
Typical Labour - it's all about annoying the right people, isn't it?
What is the benefit of Gibraltar
What is the benefit of Sunderland?
It forms part of the buffer zone keeping us safe from Scotland/keeping the rest of England away to keep Scotland safe.
How it’s on the coast and the A19 a road you would only take if both the A1 and M6 were closed (it’s blooming awful and still has farms directly accessing it).
Well, i was thinking of the wider region it is a major part of not just the city itself in fairness.
@BlewettSam : Boris Johnson and Liz Truss have both lobbied Donald Trump to block the U.K.’s plan to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands
Didn't they do that a year ago too? There was a lot of talk about hoping he would, and trying to get Biden to sort it out before he left. In the end Trump didn't seem to care, but now seems to go back and forth on the matter.
Was anything like this happening before the internet?
Note the ages of the accused: 28 - 73.
Given that the site used by Mr Pelicot was up for 6 years before the French authorities closed it down and that before that trial they found 70,000 men in chat rooms sharing information on how to drug their wives and recruit men to rape them, no-one with any sense could possibly have thought this was unusual. Drugged/sleeping women is a whole porn category.
Quite why so many men want to have sex (I am using that term very loosely) with an inert body baffles me. Surely a w**k is more enjoyable than quasi-necrophilia?
And to answer your question, yes, men have used drugs or alcohol to get women insensible or comatose before raping them. Though probably not on the scale we are now seeing.
Gisele Pelicot has found love again. Remarkable that she is able to trust a man after what happened to her. Her Newsnight interview is well worth watching. Shame must indeed change sides.
Correction: This poll appears to have been commissioned by Opal Ltd - the environmentalist Brian Eno is a director of the company. Opal Ltd donated £10,000 to the Green Party in 2022, according to the Electoral Commission. https://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Donations/C0561336
The sample size was 452 people.
This was not the first constituency poll. Another was completed by FindOutNow earlier this year.
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Like @Cyclefree identified in her header, it just becomes easier to put your head down.
Mike Bird: The drama and disagreement around the tariff decision makes me think the US should consider actually having a third branch of government to balance out these clashes between executive and the judiciary.
Ranjit Singh: Maybe even split that 3rd branch into 2 separate houses with varying terms to balance out passions with temperance?
Mike Bird: Sounds a bit complicated, but I won't rule it out as an idea.
https://nitter.poast.org/Birdyword/status/2024876237441597478#m
“I’m allowed to destroy the country,” says the actual president of the United States in an actual press conference because nothing matters anymore
Expect most people will just zone out.
Modern PPBs are just so dull.
Trump: "I would like to thank Justice Kavanaugh for, frankly, his genius and his great ability. Very proud of that appointment."
Labour needs to do everything possible grab votes back from Green.
Tory activists enjoying their sli holidays.
Trump: "Today, I will sign an order to impose a 10% global tariff under Section 122 over and above our normal tariffs already being charged, and we're also initiating several section 301, and other investigations to protect our country from unfair trading practices of other countries and companies."
Trump sounds like he’s threatening not just to use alternative legal bases for his existing tariffs but to use IEEPA to full on cut off countries and foreign businesses abilities to trade with the US
18-24: Green 40%, Ref 7%, Lab 18%, DK 2O%
25-34: Green 34%, Ref 17%, Lab 18%, DK 15%
35-44: Green 23%, Ref 9%, Lab 17%, DK 37%
45-54: Green 24%, Ref 22%, Lab 15%, DK 36%
55-64: Green 15%, Ref 30%, Lab 17%, DK 37%
65-74: Green 6%, Ref 36%, Lab 17%, DK 37%
75+: Green 4%, Ref 22%, Lab 28%, DK 43%
Makes me wonder if Greens are vulnerable to differential turnout as they are low with 65+ who are most likely to turn up
It’s magnificently awful. Love lt.
Thomas, Alito and the other twat are scum who will never do what's right for the US.
1) Trump thinks Starmer cares deeply about the Chagos deal and that scuppering it is some big stick to hurt him with.
2) I doubt Starmer cares much about it, is just following "the rules" as he sees them
3) Apart from a minority on the right, most of the public doesn't give a shit about an island they can't name or locate on a map that just hosts a US base and not much else
If that can be the point that Trump uses to 'punish' Starmer over unrelated matters for the next 3 years, rather than something more consequential, that is actually quite helpful.
@ericadyork
@TaxFoundation
estimates a 10% Section 122 tariff on the same goods currently subject to IEEPA tariffs would raise $36 billion in direct tariff payments ($27 billion in net revenue) over 150 days, at which point the tariff would require Congressional approval to continue.
Oh, you mean Trump?
Trump says he will impose a 10% global tariff under Section 122
* Section 122 has never been used before
* The tariffs are capped at 15%
* Can only be imposed for up to 150 days. Congressional approval is required to keep the duties in place for longer.
It’s the fact that nobody is stopping him.
The Republicans mainly, and their glorious constitution?
Comedy fucking gold.
(Apart from the billions of deaths if they manage to push climate change through. )
I shudder at what this could entail
Trump is out of control
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo15Mu6QC5g
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States_Police_Department
In the case of several of them, preferably off a cliff.
Seriously, if this isn't a sign to even the stupidest American that they finally need to hold that Convention Madison envisaged every 25-30 years to sort it out properly, they're fucked.
And judging by recent pronouncements from Marjorie Taylor Greene it isn't so they are,
No Peston
No Joel
AMB
A rogue Kennel operator
A bit on Trump
A 15 year old girl and a 17 year old boy both white BTW poisoned by Carbon Monoxide in a caravan
Olympic Games
We'll see where the next poor figures figure shall we?
In the first one Charles visited, he saw a man wearing a badger on his head. Rather puzzled, he asked, 'why are you here? Why are you wearing that badger?'
'I'm Davy Crockett' came the reply, 'but they were out of raccoon skins.'
'Are you ever going to get out?' asked Charles.
'Oh yes,' said the man, 'and then I'm going to conquer Texas.'
Charles went out, puzzled at what he had seen. He walked into the room. There was a man wearing a baseball cap and wave in a baseball bat.
'Who are you and what are you doing here?' asked Charles.
'I'm Babe Ruth,' came the reply. 'I need to hit a homerun and then I'm out of here!'
Charles walked out, musing on these two poor disturbed souls. In the next room, there was a very fat man, stark naked, balancing cashews on top of something that looked remarkably like a mushroom. His orange hair seemed vaguely familiar to Charles.
'Who are you? And what are you doing here?' He asked.
The man looked at him. 'I'm totally fucking nuts so I'm never going to be getting out of here!'
President Trump says the Supreme Court justices who ruled again this tariffs are still invited to the State of the Union Tuesday “but barely” and he could not care less if they attended.
I get he has achieved remarkable dominance over the GOP and winning two elections is not an accomplishment you can achieve solely by the awfulness of particular opposition, but he gets so offended and outraged all the time.
It's sharper
That's what people are scared of
When asked why he wouldn't work with Congress: "I don't have to. I have the right to do tariffs."
He cannot cope with reality, and he's disconnecting from it so comprehensively that even a room of journalists are seeing it.
That he is correct he can commit any crime he wants in office is depressing though.
I know which will win.
The comments were revealing about how Mr. Trump views Supreme Court justices, not as independent legal thinkers appointed for their expertise or as a constitutional check on his administration, but as appointees who should be loyal to him."
NY Times live blog
Bringing their families into this discussion. Literally nothing to do with them. Just plain nasty.
@Timodc
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It brings me no joy to say this but given the presidents shocking announcement that the Supreme Court is compromised by foreign interests, the next president will have no choice but to replace all 9 members with new
justices who have no foreign entanglements.
https://x.com/Timodc/status/2024924091656835296
British Monkeys.
The only European Monkeys are British Monkeys.
So there, Jonny Foreigner.
They also covered the racist murder of a man in Wales and a farmer who had stuff fly tipped on his land.
It’s not like the old days where New Labour SPADs would demand what news ran.
ITN news is always worth watching if Becky is doing the weather.
Stockport:
BBC News - Man charged with raping unconscious wife with other men for years - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqxde27ep5qo?app-referrer=deep-link
And in Swindon:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/23/philip-young-former-tory-councillor-pleads-guilty-drugging-raping-wife?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Was anything like this happening before the internet?
The Greens do have a big lead with under 35s and are narrowly ahead with 35-54s but on a cold day and night, maybe wet too in February and dark after 5pm who will be most likely to have been at the polling station bright and early or sent a postal vote? Pensioners and over 50s not students, if they bother to get out of bed or their room and not younger middle aged parents at work in the day and with children to deal with in the evening
@BlewettSam
: Boris Johnson and Liz Truss have both lobbied Donald Trump to block the U.K.’s plan to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands
Note the ages of the accused: 28 - 73.
Given that the site used by Mr Pelicot was up for 6 years before the French authorities closed it down and that before that trial they found 70,000 men in chat rooms sharing information on how to drug their wives and recruit men to rape them, no-one with any sense could possibly have thought this was unusual. Drugged/sleeping women is a whole porn category.
Quite why so many men want to have sex (I am using that term very loosely) with an inert body baffles me. Surely a w**k is more enjoyable than quasi-necrophilia?
And to answer your question, yes, men have used drugs or alcohol to get women insensible or comatose before raping them. Though probably not on the scale we are now seeing.
Gisele Pelicot has found love again. Remarkable that she is able to trust a man after what happened to her. Her Newsnight interview is well worth watching. Shame must indeed change sides.
megan kenyon
@meganekenyon
Correction: This poll appears to have been commissioned by Opal Ltd - the environmentalist Brian Eno is a director of the company. Opal Ltd donated £10,000 to the Green Party in 2022, according to the Electoral Commission. https://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Donations/C0561336
The sample size was 452 people.
This was not the first constituency poll. Another was completed by FindOutNow earlier this year.
https://x.com/meganekenyon/status/2024913066920378756